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80 dollars for winning the bull riding. cowboy of the year awarded to the highest scoring inmate gets a championship buckle. >> the worst inmates you can have in any area of the country, but yet they rehabilitate and can mingle with the people. we can have culture change within our prisons. >> some criticize the event's brutality. others say the prisoners don't deserve the excitement of the rodeo. >> these inmates who participate can be king for a day. that's something they never really get in prison. some people say well, who cares? i say well, what's one day? >> great day for a rodeo. >> get...

Terrible aspect that you have to be away from the people that you love, your family, your children. my daughter wasn't born when i got locked up and now i'm a grandfather. >> some deceased are picked up by family members and buried as free men. for most, there's point lookout. >> definitely bad to die if you're in prison, but ultimately we all have to die. they have a nice service and they're buried with dignity and respect in angola. coming up, the battle to keep the prison clean requires a shakedown team. >> there's probably not a spot in this cell that something hasn't been found in. >> s...

Right mind would object to trying to have morality in a prison. unless he's an idiot. coming up on "lockup angola" -- >> how long you been here? >> 24 years. >> time in angola runs out for two men. >> i will maintain my mental stability. >> one walks. the other stays. forever. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose

Outside, standing on our head in one spot. >> it's your move. >> the two of those guys, i think they probably will be out of camp jay soon. both of them have done well while they've been here. it's all about attitude. we can't help somebody if they don't want to help themselves. but i'm more than willing to help any of them who are willing to make that effort on their own behalf. coming up, two ways out of angola. one is hard earned freedom lurking just beyond the front gate. the other path is death. >> 2,000 pounds on my back. >> takes about a minute and a half to breathe the two breaths us...

Work is not. >> i've been editing for about a month now. productions for about nine months. perhaps the most unusual innovation atten go la is the tv station. the only big house production company in the united states. >> you have to kind of step back and kind of ask, what would they ask? >> choose your consequence. >> i chose angola by the lifestyle that i was living. i'm not going to just lay down and live over. i want my life to mean something. it can, even though i'm in prison. >> every member of the tv station but one is serving a life sentence. >> well, i really enjoy it. it's a challeng...